"I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create — or guarantee — existence. Hence, my compulsion to make “lists.” The things (Beethoven’s music, movies, business firms) won’t exist unless I signify my interest in them by at least noting down their names.” -Susan Sontag

Monday, May 28, 2012

Films I Own that Pass the Bechdel Test

Granted, the BechdelTest is not the end-all-be-all for women in film. After all, some movies pass by on slim margins, or contain problematic portrayals of women. And some movies have kick-ass, solitary heroines or great parts for actresses in a male environment. That said, movies systematically don't tend to show women talking to each other as, you know, they do every day. So.

Action/Comics/Horror:
28 Days Later - It helps when your characters have something else on their minds. Like Zombies!
Pan's Labyrinth
X2
Independence Day
Jurassic Park
The Matrix
Sleepy Hollow
Trick r' Treat

Drama:
Adaptation
Bright Star
The Constant Gardener

Children of Men
Death on the Nile
Angels in America
Shakespeare in Love
Whale Rider
Atonement

Comedy:
Clue
Almost Famous
Empire Records
Garden State
In the Loop
A Fish Called Wanda
Stardust
I heart Huckabees
Go
Gosford Park
Murder by Death